Prison for Belfast man

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Apr 29, 2010 at 12:01 AMApr 29, 2010 at 12:24 AM

The Friendship man who stole money from the Belfast Mini-Mart in 2008 could get anywhere from five to 25 years in prison, District Attorney Terrence M. Parker said this morning.
Brendan J. Rhodes, 20, pleaded guilty Thursday in county court to first-degree robbery. Sentencing is scheduled for July 19.
“It’s going to be just one number (of years),”?Parker said explaining what a determinate sentence is. “Then there’s post-release supervision.”
“What my position was is, ‘I’m not going to take anything less than a plea and then leave the sentencing up to the court,’” he said.
At 8:49 a.m. Dec. 6, 2008, he entered the store and showed a handgun, but did not point it at the clerk. Rhodes, wearing a brown jacket and ski mask, took a small amount of cash.
After the incident, the female clerk called her store manager and then 911. Troopers were assisted initially by the state Department of Environmental Conservation and a sheriff’s deputy patrol car.
Parker said this morning that troopers had no leads for awhile, but kept pursuing the case.
“I would comment the state police?for sticking with the investigation the way they did, for going back and finding information until they could crack the case,”?he said.

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